Benjamin Thomas (born 12 September 1995) is a French professional road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis.[6]
He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[7] In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Vuelta a España.[8] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.[9]
He rode the Tour de France for the first time in 2022. On stage 15, Thomas broke away from the Peloton and was attempting to get the first French win in over thirty stages, but was caught inside the final few hundred meters. After the stage he commented, "I believed I could make it. If we could have stayed together with Alexis maybe it would have been different… I'm completely dead, I'm seeing stars. I was not thinking anymore."[10]
Major results
editRoad
edit- 2017 (2 pro wins)
- 1st Stage 3 Four Days of Dunkirk
- 3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 4th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 4th Road race, National Under-23 Championships
- 4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 4th Ronde van Limburg
- 9th Boucles de l'Aulne
- 2018
- 1st
Young rider classification, Étoile de Bessèges
- 3rd Time trial, National Championships
- 2019 (1)
- 1st
Time trial, National Championships
- 6th Tour du Finistère
- 2020
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
- 6th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 2021 (1)
- 1st
- 2022 (4)
- 1st
Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 1st Stage 2
- National Championships
- 3rd Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 4th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 5th Tour du Doubs
- 8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 8th Bretagne Classic
- 2023 (1)
- 1st
Team relay, UEC European Championships
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Four Days of Dunkirk
- 4th Time trial, National Championships
- 2024 (1)
- 1st Stage 5 Giro d'Italia
- 6th Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | DNF | — | — | — | IP | |
| — | — | — | — | 53 | — | ||
| 121 | DNF | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
Track
edit- 2013
- 1st
Points race, UCI World Junior Championships
- 2014
- 1st
Points race, UEC European Championships
- 1st
- 2nd Scratch, National Championships
- 2015
- 2nd
Points race, UEC European Championships
- 2nd
- National Championships
- 2nd Madison (with Julien Duval)
- 2nd Points race
- 2016
- UEC European Championships
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
Omnium
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Scratch
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2nd
Madison, UCI World Championships (with Morgan Kneisky)
- 2nd
- 2017
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
Madison (with Morgan Kneisky)
- 1st
- 1st
- UEC European Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 3rd
- 1st
- UCI World Cup, Manchester
- 1st Omnium
- 2nd Madison
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Morgan Kneisky)
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Morgan Kneisky)
- National Championships
- 1st
- 2nd Points race
- 3rd Madison (with Kilian Evenot)
- 1st
- 2018
- 1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Morgan Kneisky)
- 2019
- 1st
- 2nd
- 2nd Madison, UCI World Cup, Minsk (with Bryan Coquard)
- 2020
- 1st
- 2021
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
- 2nd
- 1st
- 1st
- 3rd
Madison, Olympic Games (with Donavan Grondin)
- 2022
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
- 2nd
- 1st
- 2023
- UEC European Championships
- 1st
- 3rd
- 3rd
- 1st
- 2nd
- UCI Nations Cup
- 3rd Madison, Milton (with Thomas Boudat)
- 3rd Team pursuit, Milton
- 3rd Elimination, National Championships
- 2024
- 1st
Omnium, Olympic Games
Awards and honours
edit- Orders
References
edit- ^ "FDJ sign track rider Benjamin Thomas". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Equipe Cycliste Armée de Terre 2015". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "Groupama-FDJ confirm 28 riders for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Groupama – FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Groupama – FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Cofidis". UCI. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "En try List: Men" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ Reports, Newswire (17 July 2022). "Tour de France: Belgium's Jasper Philipsen wins stage 15, Vingegaard retains lead despite crash". France 24. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ "Décret du 23 septembre 2024 portant nomination dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur". 23 September 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Benjamin Thomas.
- Benjamin Thomas at UCI
- Benjamin Thomas at Cycling Archives
- Benjamin Thomas at ProCyclingStats
- Benjamin Thomas at Cycling Quotient
- Benjamin Thomas at CycleBase